Berkshire nurse who gave patient less blood than prescribed struck off

A nurse found to have given a patient one unit of blood when two units were prescribed has been struck off.

David Nivet Egea worked as a clinical lead at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust when the incident took place between April 2016 and September 2019.

It came to light after a colleague filed a complaint about bullying against Mr Egea and said she was pressured by him to countersign the patient's inaccurate records.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel found he had put the patient at risk but Mr Egea, who quit the trust in November 2019, denied the incident had ever happened.

The panel said it preferred the evidence of Mr Egea's former colleague.

It said the woman had nothing to gain by lying, given having knowledge that one unit of blood had been given when two were needed "would have serious professional consequences for her".

She said Mr Egea had been "very manipulative and because he was my senior, I was always scared to say anything because there was no proof".

Though Mr Egea had "tried to be friendly, he had to be pleased all the time," the nurse said.

"If we questioned him, he would get angry... which made me quiet and want to please him," she told the panel.

The NMC said Mr Egea's conduct was dishonest and it had "no evidence of remorse or acceptance" from him following its findings.